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Strigiformes

Strigiformes is an order in the class Aves. This database currently files 2 species under it, 1 of them threatened, recorded across 190 countries.

Species filed
2
Threatened
1
Countries recorded
190
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
580 g

What is in Strigiformes?

2 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Strigidae

    snowy owl

    1 species
  2. Tytonidae

    western barn owl

    1 species

Best-known members of Strigiformes

Ranked by popularity score.

VU, Vulnerable
Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

Snowy owl

Bubo scandiacus

Strigidae

How threatened is Strigiformes?

2 of 2 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
VUVulnerable150%
LCLeast Concern150%

Where is Strigiformes recorded?

Species on file in this order with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Fiji: 1 speciesTanzania: 1 speciesW. Sahara: 1 speciesCanada: 2 speciesUnited States of America: 2 speciesKazakhstan: 1 speciesUzbekistan: 1 speciesPapua New Guinea: 1 speciesIndonesia: 1 speciesArgentina: 1 speciesChile: 1 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 1 speciesSomalia: 1 speciesKenya: 1 speciesSudan: 1 speciesChad: 1 speciesHaiti: 1 speciesDominican Rep.: 1 speciesRussia: 2 speciesBahamas: 1 speciesFalkland Is.: 1 speciesNorway: 2 speciesGreenland: 2 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 1 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesMexico: 1 speciesUruguay: 1 speciesBrazil: 1 speciesBolivia: 1 speciesPeru: 1 speciesColombia: 1 speciesPanama: 1 speciesCosta Rica: 1 speciesEl Salvador: 1 speciesGuatemala: 1 speciesVenezuela: 1 speciesGuyana: 1 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesFrance: 2 speciesEcuador: 1 speciesPuerto Rico: 1 speciesJamaica: 1 speciesCuba: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 1 speciesBotswana: 1 speciesNamibia: 2 speciesSenegal: 1 speciesMali: 1 speciesMauritania: 1 speciesBenin: 1 speciesNiger: 1 speciesNigeria: 1 speciesCameroon: 1 speciesTogo: 1 speciesGhana: 1 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 1 speciesGuinea: 1 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 1 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesSierra Leone: 1 speciesBurkina Faso: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 1 speciesCongo: 1 speciesGabon: 1 speciesEq. Guinea: 1 speciesZambia: 1 speciesMalawi: 1 speciesMozambique: 1 specieseSwatini: 1 speciesAngola: 1 speciesBurundi: 1 speciesIsrael: 1 speciesLebanon: 1 speciesMadagascar: 1 speciesPalestine: 1 speciesGambia: 1 speciesTunisia: 1 speciesAlgeria: 1 speciesJordan: 1 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 1 speciesQatar: 1 speciesKuwait: 1 speciesIraq: 1 speciesOman: 1 speciesVanuatu: 1 speciesThailand: 1 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesMongolia: 1 speciesIndia: 1 speciesBangladesh: 1 speciesNepal: 1 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesAfghanistan: 1 speciesIran: 1 speciesSyria: 1 speciesArmenia: 1 speciesSweden: 2 speciesBelarus: 1 speciesUkraine: 2 speciesPoland: 2 speciesAustria: 1 speciesHungary: 2 speciesMoldova: 1 speciesRomania: 1 speciesLithuania: 2 speciesLatvia: 2 speciesEstonia: 2 speciesGermany: 2 speciesBulgaria: 1 speciesGreece: 1 speciesTurkey: 1 speciesAlbania: 1 speciesCroatia: 1 speciesSwitzerland: 1 speciesLuxembourg: 1 speciesBelgium: 2 speciesNetherlands: 2 speciesPortugal: 2 speciesSpain: 2 speciesIreland: 2 speciesNew Caledonia: 1 speciesSolomon Is.: 1 speciesNew Zealand: 1 speciesAustralia: 1 speciesChina: 1 speciesItaly: 2 speciesDenmark: 2 speciesUnited Kingdom: 2 speciesIceland: 1 speciesAzerbaijan: 1 speciesGeorgia: 1 speciesMalaysia: 1 speciesSlovenia: 1 speciesFinland: 2 speciesSlovakia: 2 speciesCzechia: 2 speciesEritrea: 1 speciesJapan: 1 speciesYemen: 1 speciesSaudi Arabia: 1 speciesCyprus: 1 speciesMorocco: 1 speciesEgypt: 1 speciesLibya: 1 speciesEthiopia: 1 speciesUganda: 1 speciesRwanda: 1 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 1 speciesMacedonia: 1 speciesSerbia: 1 speciesMontenegro: 1 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 1 speciesS. Sudan: 1 species
  • None on record
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. United States2
  2. Canada2
  3. Sweden2
  4. Belgium2
  5. Finland2
  6. United Kingdom2
  7. Russia2
  8. Norway2
  9. Greenland2
  10. Spain2
  11. Netherlands2
  12. France2
  13. Denmark2
  14. Ireland2
  15. Germany2
  16. Ukraine2
  17. Bermuda2
  18. Poland2
  19. Estonia2
  20. Czechia2

All species in Strigiformes

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern580 g181
Snowy owlBubo scandiacusStrigidaeVulnerableNot recorded38